
Journal of the Plague Year
First published in 1722, A Journal of the Plague Year is a fictional account of a man''s experiences during the last epidemic of bubonic plague in London in 1665, written by Daniel Defoe-an English writer, journalist, and pamphleteer, who gained enduring fame for his novel Robinson Crusoe. The novel was written sixty years after the plague swept through London; Defoe brings the city to life in all...
First published in 1722, A Journal of the Plague Year is a fictional account of a man''s experiences during the last epidemic of bubonic plague in London in 1665, written by Daniel Defoe-an English writer, journalist, and pamphleteer, who gained enduring fame for his novel Robinson Crusoe. The novel was written sixty years after the plague swept through London; Defoe brings the city to life in all...